FOOTNOTES:
[1] The dates refer, in each case, to the particular edition from which the figures have been copied, which is not always the first. For fuller titles and dates of first editions, see Appendix I.
[2] ῥιζοτόμοι = root-diggers.
[3] φαρμακοπῶλαι = drug-sellers.
[4] Lucian, ‘Dialogues of the Gods,’ XIII.
[5] Translated from the second (Augsburg) edition of 1485.
[6] Garden of health.
[7] “The individual herbs of the earth, called simples.”
[8] The expression in the French original is, “homme ne femme ne pourra nuire en ceste maison.”
[9] Various dates are given by different authors for the first edition of the ‘Dispensatorium,’ but 1546 seems to be the best attested. I have not seen any edition prior to 1598.